1. Haninge – participatory budgeting ”You decide!”
introduktion
Strasbourg 10th May 2011
Raymond Svensson

2. Haninge – facts and figures
20 km South of Stockholm
inhabitants
3 600 islands, islets and rocks
M, FP, KD, C, MP 2

3. General conditions SALAR network A dialogue with the citizens
A decision made by the municipal government 3

4. Points of departure
Everyone who live and work in Haninge is invited to give a suggestion. Inhabitants from other communes were also welcomed to leave proposals.
Only inhabitants was allowed to vote
The suggestions must lead to a permanent change of the park – not to a single arrangement or event 4

5. Purpose
Eskilsparken will be turned into a city park and a meeting point
Develop new methods for citizen involvement: participatory budgeting and E-dialogue
New experiences and contacts

6. The project step by step
September-december: Planning
23rd January: Kick-off / Handing in proposals
February-March: Processing the suggestions
April: Voting
25th April: Last day of voting / Final meeting
June: Decision
COMMUNICATION

7. Communication Website Local newspapers and radio Posters and flyers
Meeting with organisations, schools, community youth center
Contact with the proposers via telephone, , letters
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8. Communication… Open citizen meeting
suggestion board,
suggestions on the internet,
ask politicians or officials,
get more information,
make a model, paint,
get a coffee
= 30 new suggestions, 70 participants, a success!
Voting at lap tops in the city centre
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9. Handling the suggestions
From 101 ideas to 21 financially calculated suggestions
and telephone contacts with the participants
The participatory budgeting tool developed

10. www.haninge.se/dubestammer 250 people voted Winner: A mobile stage
Länkar: Om projektet. Hur vi har jobbat. Om förslagen. Förslag som röstades bort. Förslag med bilder. Registrering – förklara hur vi tänkt och vad vi har valt bort. Diskutera – förklara sammanhanget – parken är inte en ”het” fråga
Vad vi försökt uppnå: tydlighet, enkelhet, viktig information. Tänk igenom vilka frågor man kommer att ställa och besvara dem.
250 people voted
Winner: A mobile stage

11. Challenges Hard to attract participants
A first try: demands flexibility and extra time

12. Good experiences A lot of people participated in the meetings
Cooperation with schools
New experiences for the officials and politicians
Well functioning, flexible and useful web-tool
An interested and engaged project leader (Karin Gavelin)

13. 1. Open house 23 January Difficulties Lack of a deeper dialogue
Hard to firmly establish the creative ideas
Some obscurity over the aim of the project
Difficult for people to understand what it was all about – many were suspicious
1. Open house 23 January

14. 1. Open house 23 January To consider in the future
Clear purposes and criterias from the beginning
Early communication with involved parts
Use as many communications channels as possible
Invest a lot of time to engage with the public: flyers, flexible voting opportunities, etcetera
Offer extended period of time for voting
Combine depth and width by focussing specific groups, e.g. students
1. Open house 23 January

15. Thank you!